Taiwan's migrating crab population rebounds thanks to safer road crossings

A pregnant mangrove land crab during the annual breeding season at Taijiang National Park in Tainan, Taiwan, on July 3 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

TAINAN — Road closures and bamboo bridges have helped protect ​Taiwan's largest terrestrial crab species ‌during breeding season when they return to the sea to lay eggs.

Taijiang National Park in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan is the mangrove land crab's ​most important ⁠habitat and has the island's largest population.